Palenque
The Maya city of Palenque in the Chiapas jungle, the Misol-Ha and Agua Azul waterfalls, and the Olmec heads at the La Venta park-museum in Villahermosa.
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A destination is a region you visit as a single trip: it can bring together several cities or be a large city with everything it offers. Each destination has the tours, the itineraries, the best time to go month by month and how to get there.
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A destination is more than a city: it's everything you can experience there.
The Maya city of Palenque in the Chiapas jungle, the Misol-Ha and Agua Azul waterfalls, and the Olmec heads at the La Venta park-museum in Villahermosa.
The colonial capital of Yucatán, the ruins of Uxmal and the Puuc Route, the yellow town of Izamal, the flamingos of Celestún and the Progreso coastline.
The city of talavera tiles and mole poblano, the great pyramid of Cholula crowned by a church, the indigenous baroque churches and Atlixco, the city of flowers, at the foot of Popocatépetl.
The Sea of Cortez in Baja California Sur: Espíritu Santo Island and the sea lions, Balandra beach, the whale shark in winter and Loreto Bay, with the first mission of the Californias.
Hotel zone of 22 km between the Caribbean Sea and the Nichupté lagoon, Mayan ruins inside the city, Isla Mujeres in front and Holbox to the north: the main gateway to Mexico.
The lagoon of seven shades of blue of Bacalar, the San Felipe fort, Chetumal on the border with Belize, and the quiet beach of Mahahual in southern Quintana Roo.
The nine bays of Huatulco, the waves of Zicatela in Puerto Escondido, and the beach villages of Mazunte and Zipolite on Oaxaca’s Pacific coast.
The baroque center of Querétaro and its aqueduct, Peña de Bernal, the cheeses and wines of Tequisquiapan, and the Franciscan missions of the Sierra Gorda, a World Heritage Site.
Mexico's main wine region, 30 minutes from the Pacific: the wineries of Valle de Guadalupe, the port of Ensenada, La Bufadora, gray whales in winter and Tijuana on the border.
The Pacific port in Sinaloa: restored historic center with the Teatro Ángela Peralta, a boardwalk (malecón) over 20 km long, the Cerro del Crestón lighthouse, the cliff divers and Carnival.
The walled city of Campeche on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, the ruins of Edzná and the large Maya city of Calakmul, in the middle of the jungle.
Turquoise rivers and waterfalls in the forest of San Luis Potosí: the Tamul waterfall, the Micos and Tamasopo cascades, the Sótano de las Golondrinas and the surrealist garden of Las Pozas in Xilitla.
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